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Friday, December 28, 2012

World Book Night 1013 - Spreading the love of reading, person to person!

World Book Night is an annual celebration dedicated to spreading the love of
reading, person to person. Each year on April 23, tens of thousands of
people in the U.S. go out into their communities and give a total of
half a million free World Book Night paperbacks to light and
non-readers. The date was chosen because it is the UNESCO International Day of the Book, as well as
Shakespeare’s birthday! It was also chosen in honor of Miguel de
Cervantes, who died on April 23,1616 (the same day as Shakespeare). In
the Catalan region of Spain, the day is celebrated by giving a book and a
flower to a loved one. World Book Night was first celebrated in the UK
and Ireland in 2011; in 2012, it was also celebrated in the USA and
Germany.The
goal of World Book Night is to seek out adult readers wherever they
are, in towns and cities, in public settings or in places from nursing
homes to food pantries, low-income schools to mass transit, to encourage
reading in the adult population, especially those who may not have
access to printed books for reasons of means or geography.

The 30 books selected to be given away are:

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodCity of Thieves by David BenioffFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMy Antonia by Willa Cather Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (also available to be given away in Spanish)The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (also available to be given away in Spanish)The Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganBossypants by Tina FeyStill Alice by Lisa GenovaLooking for Alaska by John GreenPlaying for Pizza by John GrishamMudbound by Hillary JordanThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterMoneyball by Michael LewisThe Tender Bar by J.R. MoehringerDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyMiddle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James PattersonPopulation: 485 by Michael PerryGood Omens by Terry Patchett and Neil GaimanThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanMontana Sky by Nora RobertsLook Again by Lisa ScottolineMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithGlaciers by Alexis M. SmithA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardFavorite American Poems; Large Print edition

If you would like to be a book giver you can apply now at www.worldbooknight.org now through January 23, 2013 by providing answers to several questions and picking a book title to give out from the above list. We are excited to again be selected as a book pick-up location.

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